Sven Libaek is an Australian composer, record producer and musician. He is well-known for his film and TV soundtrack music and also had a significant influence on the Australian popular music scene in the mid-1960s as the staff producer for the Australian division of CBS Records.

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The band was formed as part of Neak Ta, a cultural project led by Incidental UK-based creative organisation, in collaboration with Cambodian Living Arts. A limited edition pressing of the full album is available via Rough Trade, with digital downloads also available via iTunes & all usual outlets.

Krom Monster are: Phon Chamroeun, David Gunn, Pov Punisa, Lun Sophanit & Sour Vanna. All samples used on this release were recorded on location in Phnom Penh, May-July 2010.

All sales support continued efforts to develop music and arts in Cambodia.

﻿Should have taken the time to listen to Xaver's The Torino Scale LP earlier. sonically it's in the same vein as Soul boy Theme track, released earlier on 12", but this time around guest vocalists appear.

200 Years is Six Organs of Admittan's Ben Chasny and Magik Markers' Elisa Ambrogio.

It's a real pleasant surprise. I remember a six organs of admittance concert during which they performed together and nothing i heard then could forecast this new project. It was an excellent concert by the way. It's a more gentle sonic experience , vocally as well by the way. This is the type of music i'd to listen to during a long train ride, or on a sunday morning at home in front of an open fire I don't have.

As stated on Drag city's website:" these mooks manage to light candles and curse the darkness all in one record. Guitars, vocals, heavy air, faint strains."

The 19 tracks reflect the outcome of a twentieth century journey from
Thai classical to Luk Krung and Luk Thung – music that incorporated
western influences such as jazz, surf guitar, ballroom and even Latin
and African.

Boom Bap, Rooftop like we're bringing '88 back!!! What an amazing boombox. Allright, it's expensive, apparently heavy and there's no real Ipod dock but still, I LOVE THIS!!!!! There's a two speaker and a three speaker model.

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I couldn't be more happy, Clone is re-releasing Clio's timeless track Eyes.

It was produced by Roberto Ferrante (also known for his Pinneaples project) and
originally released on the obscure Airport label in 1984. They managed to restore and re-master the original versions and the lovely
'Paris' mix. On top of that Bottin serves us an edit of that same track.

"This is one of the more schizophrenic mixes I've ever recorded, buthat's appropriate, I suppose, given the subject matter. The introduction comes from the 1972 film adaptation of Alvin Toffler's book Future Shock, narrated by Orson Welles. I actually watched the film when I was still in grade school—just 12 or 13 yearsold, as I recall. I suppose some well-meaning teacher wanted to teach us to think critically about media and technology, but at that age, I remember feeling only baffled. Today, the film (which you can watch on YouTube, appropriately enough) feels both comically dated and woefully prescient. That collision of sensations dictated the overall shape of the mix, which leans heavily on broken-down techno and tangled retro-futurism. Instead of the streamlined designs and elegant circuitry that electronic music has supposedly promised, this mix is all about shuddering gears and time out of joint.

The majority of it was mixed with vinyl, using two Technics 1210s and an Allen & Heath mixer; the final two tracks, along with additional passages taken from the film, were added in Ableton at the end. Ironically, as difficult as mixing some of the tracks proved, figuring out how to close it all out was infinitely harder. Just like the film says, "Every day we're bombarded by choices, we need to make instant decisions, we're in endless combat with our own environment with all its pace and variety, its choice and over-choice."